Dem Rep. Castro Walks Back Comments on Jared Kushner: Not Accusing Him of Anything, Just Calling for Investigation
Congressman Joaquin Castro (D- TX) received criticism today for spreading a theory that Jamal Khashoggi was killed after Jared Kushner gave the Saudi crown prince an enemies list.
The Intercept did report months ago that the crown prince claimed Kushner gave him an enemies list, but Castro took it one step further with the Khashoggi connection.
Castro took to Twitter this afternoon to clarify, insisting he wasn’t accusing Kushner of anything and merely thinks there should be an investigation into potentially consequential intel-sharing:
To be clear, I did not intend to accuse @jaredkushner of orchestrating anything. Based on press reporting, I’m asking for Congress to open an investigation of whether any US Intelligence was shared with Saudi Arabia that led to political persecution or killing of #Khashoggi (1/7) https://t.co/31vUT7bEUc
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
There has been broad skepticism in the US intelligence community of @jaredkushner’s relationship with #MBS. See here from @nytimes: https://t.co/QRHwQNLQyu (2/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
See here from @washingtonpost: https://t.co/ZY56E3kFTi (3/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
See here from the @guardian: https://t.co/uL50JkHWt5 (4/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
See here from @theintercept: https://t.co/BoeAMNHEBl (5/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
See here from @businessinsider: https://t.co/0HWpgqdjs0 (6/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
For these reasons, Congress should open an investigation to see whether @jaredkushner or any other Admin official shared any US intelligence with the Saudis that led to any political persecution, including the killing of #JamalKhashoggi. (7/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
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